Michelle Obama: 10 lines that lifted the crowd to its feet

Michelle Obama's inspirational speech

The Associated Press

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing speech that seemed to go a long way toward healing the rift in the room between supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. A week after America dissected the rhetoric of Donald Trump and his allies at the Republican National Convention, Obama's message was being compared on social media not to last week's speeches but to some of the best convention speeches ever. Obama reflected on her 2008 convention speech in which she introduced her husband Barack Obama and also on raising their daughters in a house built by slaves, the White House. It invigorated the crowd, her party and Democrats and others across the country. Here are some of her best lines.

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing speech that seemed to go a long way toward healing the rift in the room between supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. A week after America dissected the rhetoric of Donald Trump and his allies at the Republican National Convention, Obama's message was being compared on social media not to last week's speeches but to some of the best convention speeches ever. Obama reflected on her 2008 convention speech in which she introduced her husband Barack Obama and also on raising their daughters in a house built by slaves, the White House. It invigorated the crowd, her party and Democrats and others across the country. Here are some of her best lines.

"That is what Barack and I think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight, how we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country."

"That is what Barack and I think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight, how we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country."